by Carrie Kirschner, The Ashland Independent, March 19, 2008

Boyd County residents are organizing to fight the planned expansion of the Big Run Landfill, which they say will increase odor and dust problems at the facility.

Big Run, owned by Virginia-based EnviroSolutions Inc., is in the final stage of applying for a permit to develop an additional 194 acres at the facility off U.S. 60. The expansion is expected to allow the landfill to triple its annual waste capacity from 500,000 tons to 1.5 million tons a year.

Retired state air quality inspector (and OVEC board member) resident Dan Kash is leading the fight to organize his neighbors. Kash (has handed) out hundreds of fliers …

Kash accused the state agency of putting on a "sham" of a public hearing about the permit in January.